Prize Winners
Barbara Jefferis Award
Fiction Winner 2011
Come Inside. - G.L. Osborne
The Barbara Jefferis Award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.
CWA Daggers
Crime Writers’ Association
2011 Gold Dagger Fiction Award
(to be announced)
The Crime Writers’ Association Daggers have been synonymous with quality crime writing for over fifty years. These prestigious awards started in 1955. The shortlist for the 2011 CWA Gold Dagger was officially announced on Friday, 19 August...
The Man Booker Prize
Winners to be announced in October 2011. For more information about this prize click here.
The Miles Franklin Literary Award
Fiction Winner 2011
That Deadman Dance - Kim Scott.
The Miles Franklin Literary Award - Australia’s most prestigious literary award was established through the will of the writer Stella Miles Franklin, best known for her novel My Brilliant Career. The bequest came as a surprise to the literary world as Franklin had told nobody – save her trustees – of her plans.
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
2011 Winner Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
Lovesong - Alex Miller.
The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards help to establish values and standards in Australian literature and draw international attention to some of the country's best writers and to the cultural environment that nurtures them.
The Nobel Prize in Literature
Winner to be announced in December 2011. For more information about this prize click here.
Orange Prize
Fiction Winner 2011
The Tiger's Wife - Téa Obreht
Launched in 1996, the Orange Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing from throughout the world.
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
Fiction Winner 2011
Traitor - Stephen Daisley
The Prime Minister's Literary Awards celebrate the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life.
Pulitzer Prize
Fiction Winner 2011
A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
More than 2,400 entries are submitted each year in the Pulitzer Prize competitions, and only 21 awards are normally made.
The Thriller Awards
2011 Best Hard Cover Novel
Bad Blood - John Sandford
The International Thriller Writers awards give recognition to authors of both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas.
Last Updated: Friday 2 September, 2011
